6:30am came away too soon. We were up and down for breakfast by 7:00. There were a lot of options for the buffet breakfast! We didn't try anything too exotic but had plenty to eat.
We loaded the bus at 8, ready for our short tour of Casablanca. Apparently, there's not a lot of things to see in Casablanca, or maybe Abdulwahab is saving them for our return at the end of the tour. At any rate, we drove along the Atlantic coastline, where he pointed out the McDonald's and Burger King, and stopped once to get a picture of the ocean. It was a...

Tuesday 9th May 2017, Rabat tour
Rabat is limited in its appeal to me. We saw a few sites, but this is the capital and I guess some capitals are built for reasons other than tourists. Our guide said a lot of young people were leaving farms and traveling here producing high unemployment. There did seem to be a certain listlessness about the place though there are a lot of cars. We are the newbees to Gate 1 Travel so everyone else knows what to expect. The guide has told us a lot of information but unlike an audio guide you can't turn him...

Monday 8th May 2017 Casablanca to Rabat. 42nd wedding anniversary
Thought I would do the culturally sensitive thing and remove my thongs before going into the breakfast room. Soon after a dog took off with one and entertainment was had by all as I tried to recover it. Lots of work going on here as there is a photo shoot to happen today. Raised voices, tempers frayed..... or so I thought but that is just how they speak normally. Aren,t we all so different. Met on time by our first ever tour and driven to Rabat by afternoon tea time. So many...

Well after two days of being in the dark, ie: with no internet we are back and have an adventure to relate.
I'd mentioned we were taking the bus to Algeciras then a ferry to Ceuta Spain and from there a short taxi ride to the Moroccan border where our host friend was going to meet us.
All went well till we got into the taxi at the ferry landing, he explained in broken English and my halting Spanish that he couldn't get all the way to the border because of traffic. OK, get as close as you can and we'll have to walk. Now I should also say we...

It was a VERY L O N G 24 hours but we have arrived in Morocco! We met our driver Mohammad just outside arrivals, packed all our gear in his Toyota Prado and took off for our 4 hours drive through agricultural flatland, olive groves, and various stages of corn fields. In between our naps (first sleep in 2 days) we had glimpses into what is to come including boys on donkeys and sheepherders with great hats. After following our luggage up numerous flights of stairs and many narrow alleys, we arrived at our accommodations for the next few...

I have been asked, "why Morocco"? For the colors, the culture, the adventure and the history! We are very excited to explore so many different environments and experience so many varied activities. We will do our best to photograph and describe this exotic country, so come along with us as we start our journey in Chefchaouen-the "blue" city.

I use my main camera the most and some days I forgot to take pictures with my phone whose I share photos from.I did not succeed to move pictures from the camera to the phone through my PC even if O getto the end of the process. In Rabat I focused more on the kasbah which is very big and well kept. The last 3 days I had rain during the night so I know now the van is waterproof. However days were dry and warm. So I get back to summer season wearing short pants, tshirt and 'babouch'.And I like it. No real people crossing even if many people...

I have tried to add the town I am in at the moment, Dakhla, to the map, but it's so isolated that it can't be found by this website. It was certainly a long way down through miles and miles of desert, and have to say that I am pretty knackered now. It's going to be another early start tomorrow as I make my way finally to Mauritania, whereby I intend to spend the day at the second city, Nouadhibou, which is just a couple of hours across the border. No public transport goes there so I have arranged for a taxi to take me ( 35 euros for the 8...

Well I managed to arrive in Morocco safe and sound after a night sleeping in Milan airport, where I was pretty much the only person there. Given that I managed next to no sleep, I was pretty well knackered when I finally arrived in Casablanca at eleven in the morning, and decided that I would spend a day there before catching the train the following day to Rabat, from where I am writing this. Didn't actually take any photos of "Casa" as I barely left my room due to copious amounts of sleep. Arrived in the capital, Rabat, on Thursday and...

We arrived home safely last Saturday having left Cairo just before the latest protests started there. So now it is time to wrap up our trip and select our best or most representative photos.
During our trip we had some extraordinary wildlife experiences in southern and central Africa, were surprised by the culture, landscape and life in Ethiopia, saw some of the amazing history of ancient Egypt and were fascinated by the diversity of Morocco. We agreed that the best experience was the visit to the mountain gorillas in Rwanda - a truly...

Warning!!!!
This story and pictures is not for the squeamish of heart and stomach!. Reader discretion advised!!!
During the night we were kept up a lot by an incessantly barking dog! By morning Brian was ready to sacrifice the dog instead of the sheep! It was a bright, sunny day and going to be 18 degrees C; breakfast was the same as yesterday: sweet croissants, baguette style bread with marmalade, small containers with yogurt and coffee and tea.
At 10:20am we loaded our gear into a minibus and headed for the train station to catch the...

The final leg of our journey has been 11 days in Morocco before we head home via Cairo and Singapore
The latest leg of our journey
We flew into Casablanca from Cairo and were picked up by a driver who took us around Morocco. From Casablanca we headed east on a tollway along the coast to Rabat. After one night there we continued on to Fes for two nights including a drive to see the Roman ruins at Volubilis and then Meknes, one of the former capitals of Morocco. From there we headed south through the Atlas Mountains to the edge of the Sahara...